#B159AE#B159AE

#B159AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.157 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B159AE
RGB	rgb(177, 89, 174)
HSL	hsl(302, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(302, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 1.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 47.74, -29.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 56.29, 328.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% 0.1337 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.157 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3434, 19.5495, 42.2640)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B159AE #59B15C

analogous

#8859B1 #B159AE #B15982

triadic

#B159AE #AEB159 #59AEB1

tetradic

#B159AE #B18859 #59B15C #5982B1

square

#B159AE #B18859 #59B15C #5982B1

split-complementary

#B159AE #82B159 #59B188

monochromatic

#622E60 #8B4189 #B159AE #C583C2 #D8ACD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#B159AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#B159AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B159AE

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B159AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B159AE	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5273B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6627B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b159ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 89, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.157 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca8bc6',
    500: '#b159ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b159ae;
$custom-light: #ca8bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b159ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.045,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60009,
    "c": 0.15663,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B159AE

secondary

#A0C6A1

accent

#CC605C

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#130C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B159AE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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